Place Among Giants: 22 Seasons at Denali Basecamp Brendan Wenzel National Geographic

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Place Among Giants: 22 Seasons at Denali Basecamp Brendan Wenzel National GeographicTwenty two years of love, triumph, and tragedy on North America's tallest mountain. Lisa Roderick had already forged an unlikely path, from growing up on a farm in Connecticut to driving the Alaska Highway to start a new life in the 49th state. What happened next a series of events leading her to spend more time in the Alaska Range than possibly any living human is even more remarkable. In Alaska, she fell in love with the land, the mountains, and a